Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2020

For new entrepreneurs and startups, I recommend an initial focus on these six steps from the very beginning to set the right culture and save the tremendous cost of a transformation and risky competitive catch-up later: Start with an overriding top-down focus on customer experience. Set the expectation for continuous improvement.

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Customer Custom Services Startup 168

InfoChachkie

JUNE 4, 2012

Fallacy: Startup ventures tend to evolve, especially after you begin speaking with pesky customers and demanding partners. Thus, you have negotiating leverage as long as a legitimate, competitive threat exists. Maintaining a positive slope requires sound judgment, as overly conservative prognostications will fail to enchant anyone.

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Entrepreneur Outsource Ideas Technical Review 272

InfoChachkie

MAY 16, 2011

Fallacy: AdVentures tend to evolve once you begin speaking with pesky customers and demanding partners. Even benevolent BDCs lose interest in your solution once this competitive risk is eliminated. In many exclusive arrangements, the BDC will effectively place your solution “on the shelf” and move onto the next competitive threat.

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Startup Outsource Development Outsource Sales 242